The Lol News Map is a crowd-sourced tool that tracks what is happening to lol newspapers, broadst outlets and online news sites in communities across nada. It displays data going back to 2008, which marked the beginning of a deep recession and a turning point for many previously profitable lol news organizations. The map is a collaborative project undertaken by Professor April Lindgren, lead investigator for the Lol News Research Project at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism, and Associate Professor Jon Corbett, who leads the University of British Columbia’s SpICE Lab (Spatial Information for Community Mapping). A summary of the latest map data is available here.

Explore the geography of lol news reporting in Toronto and the subject matter of that coverage using interactive maps created by The Lol News Research Project. Map users n examine how often their neighbourhood or ward appears in the news and look at a bar graph that breaks down stories by topics such as police/crime, transit and edution. More generally, you n examine how the geographic patterns of news coverage vary by topic: The map showing the places mentioned in lol arts and entertainment stories and photos, for instance, looks different from the map of crime coverage. Click here or on the adjacent map to explore how the Toronto Star and the online news site OpenFile. covered lol news in Toronto.

By APRIL LINDGREN, BRENT JOLLY, RA SABATINI AND CHRISTINA WONG We undertook this survey to find out about conditions at small-market newspapers in nada and to explore the sector’s prospects at a time when newspapers in general face major challenges…

By APRIL LINDGREN The Ontario city of Thunder Bay is in the headlines these days for all the wrong reasons. nada’s highest rates of murder and violent crime. The highest number of hate crimes per pita. Systemic racism embedded in shoddy police investigations. The deaths — many unexplained — of Indigenous students who come to the city for edution not available in their remote northern communities…

nada has recently entered into a discussion about the use of philanthropy to support public-interest journalism. Underlying this debate is growing concern about the future of news – especially lol news organizations, 262 of which have closed in 190 communities since 2008…

By DANIELA OLARIU News organizations have been closing at three times the rate that new ones are being launched. Community newspapers are the most frequently closed news outlets across the country?and new online media isn’t making up for the losses of more traditional news media. These are just some of …

Aug. 28, 2018 By APRIL LINDGREN and JON CORBETT Taken at face value, the Lol News Map is a straightforward tracking device. But nothing is ever quite that simple. This article draws on theories of critil rtography to evaluate the map’s biases, limitations, and strengths with a view to enhancing …

March 26, 2018 By APRIL LINDGREN, Ryerson University Who holds officials accountable when cities like Thunder Bay, Ont., rife with politil and racial tensions, have no lol reporters? (Shutterstock) There’s $50 million in federal government money on the table in nada to support lol journalism in the country’s under-served …

February 2, 2018 By AMANDA POPE A?new online survey?is asking nadian journalists working for newspapers with a print circulation under 50,000 to provide information about how their newsrooms are managing and adapting to the turbulent times.

By APRIL LINDGREN, Ryerson University nadians often mourn the loss of their lol newspaper. But there’s a disconnect, beuse few nadians actually pay for a lol news subscription. (THE NADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward) Expressions of shock, concern and loss were widespread recently after Postmedia Network nada Corp. and Torstar Corp. …

By?ISABELLE DOCTO Efforts by the City of Brampton to reach newcomers through ethnic media will be an important test of how municipalities n better communite with newcomers, particularly those who struggle with English, new research suggests. The study, by Ryerson University journalism professor April Lindgren, examines the evolution of …

By ROBERT LIWANAG Toronto-area ethnic newspapers tended to cover the Conservatives more extensively than other politil parties during the 2011 election, concludes a new study by Ryerson University journalism professor April Lindgren.

By CHRISTINA WONG Find out how the Toronto Star covered Toronto in 2011. Discover where the newspaper covered lol news in the city and examine the types of stories the newspaper reported on in each ward.

The Lol News Map is a crowd-sourced tool that tracks what is happening to lol newspapers, broadst outlets and online news sites in communities across nada. It displays data going back to 2008, which marked the beginning of a deep recession and a turning point for many previously profitable lol news organizations. The map is a collaborative project undertaken by Professor April Lindgren, lead investigator for the Lol News Research Project at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism, and Associate Professor Jon Corbett, who leads the University of British Columbia’s SpICE Lab (Spatial Information for Community Mapping). A summary of the latest map data is available here.

Explore the geography of lol news reporting in Toronto and the subject matter of that coverage using interactive maps created by The Lol News Research Project. Map users n examine how often their neighbourhood or ward appears in the news and look at a bar graph that breaks down stories by topics such as police/crime, transit and edution. More generally, you n examine how the geographic patterns of news coverage vary by topic: The map showing the places mentioned in lol arts and entertainment stories and photos, for instance, looks different from the map of crime coverage. Click here or on the adjacent map to explore how the Toronto Star and the online news site OpenFile. covered lol news in Toronto.

By SAHAR FATIMA The misrepresentation and underrepresentation of racial and ethnic groups isn’t a problem exclusive to mainstream news organizations, concludes a new study that examined the content of ethnic media in the Greater Toronto Area.

By SAHAR FATIMA Ethnic media outlets will better serve their communities if they put more emphasis on reporting lol news, Ryerson journalism professor April Lindgren suggested during a recent presentation to ethnic media representatives.

By SAHAR FATIMA Critics have suggested that scholars seeking to advance journalism studies must adopt a more multidisciplinary approach to research, one that looks beyond the strict confines of sociology, history, language studies, politil science or cultural analysis. In this article, April Lindgren and Christina Wong argue that the geography …

By SAHAR FATIMA Residents of Toronto’s poorest neighbourhoods sometimes accuse the media of only reporting bad news. Is this true? And if it is true, does this matter? A study by the Lol News Research Project at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism analyzes the impact of lol news coverage on …

Openfile.: Dec. 29, 2011. What n an ethnocultural newspaper tell us about our city? Interview with April Lindgren about research on lol news content in ethnic news media. http://toronto.openfile.ca/toronto/text/what-n-ethnocultural-newspaper-tell-us-about-our-city The Link, Radio nada International: Dec. 14, 2011. Interview with April Lindgren about research on lol news content in ethnic news …